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Otto Johann Anton Skorzeny (12 June 1908 – 5 July 1975) was an Austrian-born German SS - Obersturmbannführer (lieutenant colonel) in the Waffen-SS during World War II.
Mar 27, 2018 · On July 5, 1975, Otto Skorzeny died at the age of 67 from lung cancer. He had two funerals, one in Madrid, and the other at his family plot in Vienna. At both, he received a full Nazi send-off with Nazi veterans giving him the Nazi salute and singing some of Hitler’s favorite songs.
Apr 9, 2024 · Otto Skorzeny was a Nazi SS officer, who gained fame in 1943 for his daring rescue of Benito Mussolini from confinement at Campo Imperatore in the Abruzzi mountains where he had been imprisoned by Marshal Pietro Badoglio. Skorzeny joined the Nazi Party in 1933 and became a colonel in the Waffen SS.
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Apr 30, 2023 · Otto Skorzeny joined the Austrian Nazi Organization in 1932, and the Austrian branch of the Sturmabteilung (SA) in 1934. He was known as a highly charismatic character, and during the Anschluss, according to his own account, he saved the Austrian president, Wilhelm Miklas, from being shot by Austrian Nazis.
- Greg Beyer
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(1908 - 1975) Otto Skorzeny was a legendary Waffen SS commander of World War II. Skorzeny was born in Vienna, Austria, on June 12, 1908. An engineering student, he fought 15 ritual sabre duels as a young man. In one of these he received a cut to the face that left him with a permanent scar.
During the Battle of the Bulge, Otto Skorzeny led hundreds of German commandos on an audacious mission behind enemy lines known as Operation Greif. This article appears in: November 2014. By Don Hollway. With a quarter of a million German troops pouring through the Ardennes Forest, three Americans fleeing in a jeep should have raised no alarm.
Mar 6, 2017 · Otto Skorzeny was a noted German commando leader during World War II. Otto Skorzeny conducted the rescue of Benito Mussolini in 1943 and later played a key role in the Battle of the Bulge. After the war, Otto Skorzeny worked with ODESSA and as a security consultant.
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